China's WFST wide-angle perspective - capable of surveying the entire northern sky of the Hemisphere - has released the first image ever of the Andromeda Galaxy.
According to CGTN, the release of this photo also marks China's expectation of meeting the design standards for astronomical research.
The photo of the female star Galaxy just released is the image with the highest resolution of this Galaxy, with the widest viewing angle in the world.
China's wide-field perspective lens took 150 30-second exposure photos to create an image of the femalefairy Galaxy 2.5 million light-years from Earth.
With a diameter of 2.5m, the WFST kinh is currently the largest time domain survey facility in the Northern Hemisphere.
The WFST was developed by the University of Science and Technology of China and the Zhoun Observatory under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
This perspective lens can help scientists track dynamic astronomical events and conduct astronomical observation research.
Once the WFST is fully operational, we can use the WFST to detect some very faint and distant celestial signals, including signals from distant galaxies and Galaxy clusters outside the Milky Way, said Lou Zheng, chief engineer at the Thanh Hai Observatory.
Kong Xu - the main designer of the project at the University of Science and Technology of China - commented that WFST will become the strongest sky survey kinh in the Northern Hemisphere: "The use of WFST will significantly improve China's ability to monitor and warn of objects near the Earth early".
In 2022, the WFST Galaxy Spectre was nicknamed after the ancient Chinese philosopher Mac Tu, or Micius. Mac Tu is said to be the first person in Chinese history to conduct optical experiments.
Construction of the WFST miniature kinh project began in July 2019 in Lanh Ho town, which has an average altitude of about 4,000m. Lang Ho is known as China's "Mars Star Station" due to its unique desert landscape like the surface of the red planet.
The advantage of the Lanh Ho area is the clear plateau night sky, stable atmospheric conditions, dry climate and little pollution by artificial light. This means that this area has the potential to become one of the best star-watching destinations in the Asia- Europe continent.
Since 2020, Lanh Ho has attracted 11 scientific research institutions and 12 promising projects, with a total investment of 2.7 billion yuan (about 370 million USD).
